Firefighter Brian Moritz of the FDNY was nominated for the 2010 Courage and Valor Award for performing rescues at an apartment fire in Queens, New York.

Brothers Joel and John Rechlitz of the Milwaukee (WI) Fire Department were nominated for the 2010 Courage and Valor Award for freeing a child trapped in a burning vehicle after a vehicle incident.

Firefighter Jason Roberts of the Pampa (TX) Fire Department was nominated for the 2010 Courage and Valor Award for his role in the rescue of a child who almost drowned in a lake.

Fire-Rescue Lieutenant Curtis Warfield and Master Firefighter John Klavon of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase (MD) Rescue Squad were nominated for the 2010 Courage and Valor Award for their rescue of multiple children from a house fire.

One of the key interface zone challenges is getting the right apparatus for the job. The problem is that, by definition, any fires there have both a structural and a wildland component. At the same incident, the department may be tasked with exposure protection, structural pretreatment, water supply, interior and exterior attack, and true off-road brush firefighting—frequently against fast-moving fires with large flame fronts.

Your engine is the first company on the scene of a two-story brick, side-by-side town home separated by a firewall. Fire is showing from the second-floor window above the front entrance with heavy smoke pushing out the front bedroom windows. Police on-scene reported that a young girl was seen at the front bedroom window on the second floor. The police officers told the girl to remain at the window and to get down. As an engine company, what would be your actions?

The Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) is pleased to announce its new partnership with PennWell Publishing’s Fire Engineering.

HME, Inc. announced that it will be unveiling an all-new fire, EMS, and rescue response vehicle next month at FDIC in Indianapolis, Indiana, powered by a clean, environmentally friendly, compressed natural gas engine.

Endurance or aerobic training can involve training in many different ways using many different sporting activities to improve your cardiovascular capacity. Frank Fire Jr. offers a cardiovascular fitness routine for firefighters, including a sample training workout schedule.

The health subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted in favor of a bill that would provide long-term health coverage for emergency responders sickened while working at Ground Zero after the 9/11/01 attacks on the World Trade Center.

At a press event at the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show, Navistar unveiled the International TerraStar Class 4/5 commercial truck, which boasts a wide range of commercial-duty features including a commercial-duty MaxxForce 7 V-8 diesel engine and spacious cab.

Pack-rat conditions made extinguishment and rescue operations difficult for Long Beach (CA) Fire Department firefighters at a house fire. Two elderly occupants were killed in the incident.

On Thursday, February 25, the Congressional Fire Services Institute held a webinar titled, "Advocating for Fire Sprinklers on Capitol Hill."  An audio archive of the Webinar is available on their Web site.

Marine Sergeant Christopher Hrbek was posthumously bestowed the title of honorary Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Firefighter by Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano at a ceremony at FDNY Headquarters on March 2.

We arrived as the second-due engine to a fire in a two-story detached private dwelling. The first-due engine and truck were positioned halfway up the block and were beginning operations. The engine was stretching and had a hydrant, and the truck was raising its aerial. As we approached the scene, the second-due engine chauffeur spotted a hydrant at the intersection of the narrow block. He parked the engine so it would not interfere with the second-due truck’s access and to check that the hydrant was usable. Remember, even though the first-due engine has a water supply, it is the responsibility of the other incoming engines to position at or near hydrants and test them for serviceability in case the first-due engine’s water supply is inadequate. Personnel may have to stretch an additional supply line to another engine using “hand-stretching” or the apparatus itself.

Scenario: Your engine company arrives on-scene at a building fire and confirms a working fire to dispatch on the building’s exposure D side. If the company does not have a full residential fire assignment responding because of phone calls or such, then the first-in officer must call the additional resources necessary for safe fire operations before dismounting the apparatus; this may be the case for an additional alarm on arrival.

It rarely makes sense to flow lower rates of water through larger hoses. In this article for firefighting pump operators, Alan Robidas writes about making flow rates more efficient when using solid stream nozzle tips.

Hundreds of Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department firefighters unanimously agreed to take a two percent pay cut and four furlough days over the next two years.

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representatives of Ground Zero and long-time advocates of the victims of 9/11, jointly introduced legislation to create an official 9/11 commemorative medal.

In a letter to E-ONE, Cummins Power South, LLC, certified that E-ONE completed all the necessary requirements for engine installation and has approved E-ONE to begin using the 2010 EPA-compliant ISC/ISL engines.